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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 517450" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>One of the twists with OTs and dxes is... the Occupational Therapist (OT) is testing and reporting "function", not the "cause". </p><p></p><p>So... a child could show severe neuro-motor planning problems. Occupational Therapist (OT) testing is accurate, and therapies are appropriate. But... what label does this give the child? Well, that depends. What <em>else</em> is going on? It could be anything from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), for example. Occupational Therapist (OT) will not tell you that. When we went looking for a specific diagnosis, our Occupational Therapist (OT) was prepared to say that the test results "would be consistent with a diagnosis of XXX". That doesn't rule out other dxes. But it does add to the process of getting a diagnosis. And the therapies the Occupational Therapist (OT) has to offer are not based on "cause", but on "function"... so the therapies don't change based on diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>Funding, on the other hand, is very much driven by diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 517450, member: 11791"] One of the twists with OTs and dxes is... the Occupational Therapist (OT) is testing and reporting "function", not the "cause". So... a child could show severe neuro-motor planning problems. Occupational Therapist (OT) testing is accurate, and therapies are appropriate. But... what label does this give the child? Well, that depends. What [I]else[/I] is going on? It could be anything from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), for example. Occupational Therapist (OT) will not tell you that. When we went looking for a specific diagnosis, our Occupational Therapist (OT) was prepared to say that the test results "would be consistent with a diagnosis of XXX". That doesn't rule out other dxes. But it does add to the process of getting a diagnosis. And the therapies the Occupational Therapist (OT) has to offer are not based on "cause", but on "function"... so the therapies don't change based on diagnosis. Funding, on the other hand, is very much driven by diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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